Horvath, Alan
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
a series of Sharp Points / Horvath, Alan ; Schaefer M., 1978 - 2004
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Identifier: CC-48539-69570
Scope and Contents
Mike Schaefer did the abstract silkscreen prints for this book. As mentioned on Horvath's blog, "MOSTLY BROKEN SCABS PRESS 1977 -- 1984: For $10 I bought an old paste ink Gestetner mimeograph from a friend's brother-in-law who owned a used office furniture store and who has subsequently gone insane. The mimeo had a major crack in one of the drums that would prevent the image over the crack from reproducing. With a bunch of duct tape, it worked ok for me. I printed most of the publications in the kitchen of my Clifton Blvd. apartment. The last magazine was called Scratch (like the sound of a tone arm going across a record). In reality, I think the Scratch magazines were about learning to appreciate subtleties and forgiveness. KIRPAN PRESS 1998 -- Present: After not publishing for 13 years, I was pulled out of retirement when I attended a poetry reading at a bookstore in Kent, Ohio. Besides starting to resurrect partial books that had been dormant for 20 years, Dave Pishnery...
Dates:
1978 - 2004
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